India, March 19 -- President Donald Trump on Truth Social said that the US was not aware of Israel's plans to strike the South Pars gas field in Iran. This comes amid the ongoing conflict, which saw Tehran launch a retaliatory strike on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City, which is the largest LNG export facility in the world.

However, several media reports have contradicted Trump's claim.

"Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it hav...